The Footsteps of the Flock, Or the Contendings of Our Forefathers for the Headship of Christ, with the Disruption of the Church of Scotland, and the Duty of Separation from the Residuary Establishment ... Second Edition, Enlarged

The Footsteps of the Flock, Or the Contendings of Our Forefathers for the Headship of Christ, with the Disruption of the Church of Scotland, and the Duty of Separation from the Residuary Establishment ... Second Edition, Enlarged
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Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : BL:A0019984727
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Synopsis The Footsteps of the Flock, Or the Contendings of Our Forefathers for the Headship of Christ, with the Disruption of the Church of Scotland, and the Duty of Separation from the Residuary Establishment ... Second Edition, Enlarged by : John ANDERSON (Minister of the Free Church of Scotland, Helensburgh.)

Catalogue of Printed Books

Catalogue of Printed Books
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Total Pages : 740
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433000291256
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Synopsis Catalogue of Printed Books by : British Museum. Department of Printed Books

General Catalogue of Printed Books

General Catalogue of Printed Books
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Total Pages : 656
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000092328073
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Synopsis General Catalogue of Printed Books by : British Museum. Department of Printed Books

General Catalogue of Printed Books

General Catalogue of Printed Books
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Total Pages : 660
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015084652240
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Synopsis General Catalogue of Printed Books by : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books

"To Renew the Covenant"

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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 121
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ISBN-10 : 9789004388833
ISBN-13 : 9004388834
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Synopsis "To Renew the Covenant" by : Jon R. Kershner

In “To Renew the Covenant”: Religious Themes in Eighteenth-Century Quaker Abolitionism, Jon R. Kershner argues that Quakers adhered to a providential view of history, which motivated their desire to take a corporate position against slavery. Antislavery Quakers believed God’s dealings with them, for good or ill, were contingent on their faithfulness. Their history of deliverance from persecution, the liberty of conscience they experienced in the British colonies, and the ethics of the Golden Rule formed a covenantal relationship with God that challenged notions of human bondage. Kershner traces the history of abolitionist theologies from George Fox and William Edmundson in the late seventeenth century to Paul Cuffe and Benjamin Banneker in the early nineteenth century. It covers the Germantown Protest, Benjamin Lay, John Woolman, Anthony Benezet, William Dillwyn, Warner Mifflin, and others who offered religious arguments against slavery. It also surveys recent developments in Quaker antislavery studies.

Adam, Eve, and the Serpent

Adam, Eve, and the Serpent
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9780307807359
ISBN-13 : 0307807355
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Synopsis Adam, Eve, and the Serpent by : Elaine Pagels

A National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author deepens and refreshes our view of early Christianity while casting a disturbing light on the evolution of the attitudes passed down to us. "Confirms her reputation as both a scholar and a popular interpreter.... Continuously rewarding and illuminating." —The New York Times How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become synonymous with the fall of humanity? What turned Christianity from a dissident sect that championed the integrity of the individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial order—with the central belief that human beings cannot not choose to sin? In this provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis. And she shows how what was once heresy came to shape our own attitudes toward the body and the soul.

The Reformers and Their Stepchildren

The Reformers and Their Stepchildren
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Publisher : The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc.
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 1579789358
ISBN-13 : 9781579789350
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Synopsis The Reformers and Their Stepchildren by : Leonard Verduin

Brokers of Public Trust

Brokers of Public Trust
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780801895098
ISBN-13 : 080189509X
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Synopsis Brokers of Public Trust by : Laurie Nussdorfer

A fast-growing legal system and economy in medieval and early modern Rome saw a rapid increase in the need for written documents. Brokers of Public Trust examines the emergence of the modern notarial profession—free market scribes responsible for producing original legal documents and their copies. Notarial acts often go unnoticed, but they are essential to understanding the history of writing practices and attitudes toward official documentation. Based on new archival research, Brokers of Public Trust focuses on the government officials, notaries, and consumers who regulated, wrote, and purchased notarial documents in Rome between the 14th and 18th centuries. Historian Laurie Nussdorfer chronicles the training of professional notaries and the construction of public archives, explaining why notarial documents exist, who made them, and how they came to be regarded as authoritative evidence. In doing so, Nussdorfer describes a profession of crucial importance to the people and government of the time, as well as to scholars who turn to notarial documents as invaluable and irreplaceable historical sources. This magisterial new work brings fresh insight into the essential functions of early modern Roman society and the development of the modern state.